diff --git a/scripts/geodata/openaddresses/formatter.py b/scripts/geodata/openaddresses/formatter.py
index a96a5fab..b68321b9 100644
--- a/scripts/geodata/openaddresses/formatter.py
+++ b/scripts/geodata/openaddresses/formatter.py
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ class OpenAddressesFormatter(object):
         alias_fields_containing = {field: [(re.compile(v['pattern'], re.I | re.UNICODE), v) for v in value]
                                    for field, value in six.iteritems(dict(self.get_property('alias_fields_containing', *configs) or {}))}
 
-        language = self.get_property('language', *configs)
+        config_language = self.get_property('language', *configs)
 
         add_components = self.get_property('add', *configs)
 
@@ -261,6 +261,8 @@ class OpenAddressesFormatter(object):
             except (ValueError, TypeError):
                 continue
 
+            language = config_language
+
             components = {}
 
             skip_record = False